The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration
Minor update:
* "Lovelace Nebula" and "Pompom West Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Lovelace" was the first submission. "Pompom West Nebula" entry removed.
* "Kaw Nebula" and "Pompom East Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Kaw" was the first submission. "Pompom East Nebula" entry removed.
* "Torch Nebula" and "Dragonwisp Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Dragonwisp" was the first submission. "Torch Nebula" entry removed.
* "Lovelace Nebula" and "Pompom West Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Lovelace" was the first submission. "Pompom West Nebula" entry removed.
* "Kaw Nebula" and "Pompom East Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Kaw" was the first submission. "Pompom East Nebula" entry removed.
* "Torch Nebula" and "Dragonwisp Nebula" are duplicate entries of the same object. "Dragonwisp" was the first submission. "Torch Nebula" entry removed.
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Historical Location
Name: Summit
Game map search ref: Pho Aoscs AA-A h1
Description: Reached on February 16th 3305 and located 3247.8 light-years above the galactic plane, this is currently the highest reachable system.
Much like its name, the system is quite simple, only containing a blue-white giant. However, the simplistic nature lends a hand in providing a paramount view of the dazzling stars below and the desolate void above.
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A couple more screenshots:
At first I was worried that this wouldn't be reachable at all - the route I intended to take once I found it was going to be a neutron boost from Pho Aoscs ZP-P e5-7 to Pho Aoscs AA-A h0 and then a J3 FSD Injection to reach Pho Aoscs AA-A h1. The problem was the distance between the two final locations: a J3 boost would only get me up to 163.25ly of range when it was looking like I needed, from estimations, 167ly. I spent the better part of the night searching for alternate routes and making a build on Coriolis that was completely and utterly stripped of everything and engineered and built to get the highest range possible within the game, and that range was 83.50ly, giving a J3 range of exactly 167ly. In the end though the distance between h0 and h1 was 167.24ly, simply just out of reach for a J3. So thankfully there was a black hole + neutron star system nearby which I was able to reach from EW-N e6-3 to FG-Y g8 to AA-A h3 which gave me plenty of range to reach h1. Sadly I won't be able to return to civilization to sell the discovery data, but know that if I could get outside, slice unnecessary chunks off my ship and scrape the paint off to gain even a hundredth of a light-year more range I would!
Name: Summit
Game map search ref: Pho Aoscs AA-A h1
Description: Reached on February 16th 3305 and located 3247.8 light-years above the galactic plane, this is currently the highest reachable system.
Much like its name, the system is quite simple, only containing a blue-white giant. However, the simplistic nature lends a hand in providing a paramount view of the dazzling stars below and the desolate void above.
Screenshot ref:
A couple more screenshots:
At first I was worried that this wouldn't be reachable at all - the route I intended to take once I found it was going to be a neutron boost from Pho Aoscs ZP-P e5-7 to Pho Aoscs AA-A h0 and then a J3 FSD Injection to reach Pho Aoscs AA-A h1. The problem was the distance between the two final locations: a J3 boost would only get me up to 163.25ly of range when it was looking like I needed, from estimations, 167ly. I spent the better part of the night searching for alternate routes and making a build on Coriolis that was completely and utterly stripped of everything and engineered and built to get the highest range possible within the game, and that range was 83.50ly, giving a J3 range of exactly 167ly. In the end though the distance between h0 and h1 was 167.24ly, simply just out of reach for a J3. So thankfully there was a black hole + neutron star system nearby which I was able to reach from EW-N e6-3 to FG-Y g8 to AA-A h3 which gave me plenty of range to reach h1. Sadly I won't be able to return to civilization to sell the discovery data, but know that if I could get outside, slice unnecessary chunks off my ship and scrape the paint off to gain even a hundredth of a light-year more range I would!
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Hi there, reporting to say that the POI known as "Thargantua" (https://www.edsm.net/en/system/id/13200328/name/Dryuae+Aoscs+AA-A+h370) is no longer the most massive ammonia world, by a long shot.
That record is currently held on EDSM by this following system, although not listed as a POI since it wasn't reported: https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodi...etails/idB/36915238/nameB/Agnaix+OZ-N+d7-20+8
Would be nice to update the POI to say that it was only the most massive ammonia world when it was discovered, or possibly delete it or something. The system is not notable at all otherwise..
That record is currently held on EDSM by this following system, although not listed as a POI since it wasn't reported: https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodi...etails/idB/36915238/nameB/Agnaix+OZ-N+d7-20+8
Would be nice to update the POI to say that it was only the most massive ammonia world when it was discovered, or possibly delete it or something. The system is not notable at all otherwise..
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I'll include that in the next update. I think all future records submissions will be of the form "one of the [adjective] [thing] known". (eg one of the largest AW known).
V1343 Aquilae
POI type: Black Hole
System ref.: V1343 Aquilae
Description: V1343 Aquilae is a so-called microquasar and consists of a central black hole of appr. 16 solar masses and an orbiting A-type star. The central black hole (named SS 433) consumes the companion star which rapidly loses mass into an accretion disc formed around the SS 433. The accretion disc is subject to extreme heating as it spirals into the primary and this heating causes the accretion disc to give off intense X-rays and opposing jets of hot hydrogen along the axis of rotation, above and below the plane of the accretion disc.
First discovered by Cmdr Delvan
POI type: Black Hole
System ref.: V1343 Aquilae
Description: V1343 Aquilae is a so-called microquasar and consists of a central black hole of appr. 16 solar masses and an orbiting A-type star. The central black hole (named SS 433) consumes the companion star which rapidly loses mass into an accretion disc formed around the SS 433. The accretion disc is subject to extreme heating as it spirals into the primary and this heating causes the accretion disc to give off intense X-rays and opposing jets of hot hydrogen along the axis of rotation, above and below the plane of the accretion disc.
First discovered by Cmdr Delvan
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Mene Tekel
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Hypua Priae BA-A g0
Description: "Mene mene tekel upharsin - your days are numbered". That was what I thought upon arriving in this monstr of a system. You are immediately squeezed between a black hole and a rapidly spinning neutron star. When searching for a way to get some distance you then realise you are surrounded by two other whirling neutron stars! The system is a fantastic place to go but not for the faint hearted. It lies deep below the galactic plane in the Fallows, en route between Colonia and the permit-locked region of Hyponia. Travelers are advised to bring an extra set of underpants.
POI type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Hypua Priae BA-A g0
Description: "Mene mene tekel upharsin - your days are numbered". That was what I thought upon arriving in this monstr of a system. You are immediately squeezed between a black hole and a rapidly spinning neutron star. When searching for a way to get some distance you then realise you are surrounded by two other whirling neutron stars! The system is a fantastic place to go but not for the faint hearted. It lies deep below the galactic plane in the Fallows, en route between Colonia and the permit-locked region of Hyponia. Travelers are advised to bring an extra set of underpants.
Cumbuia Hypergiant
POI Type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Cumbuia AA-A h10
Description: In less than a million years this 450 solar radii monster of a star has burned nearly all of its hydrogen and is now on the verge of changing into a red supergiant. It is already larger than the distance between Sol and its fourth planet, mars. Depending on the Galaxy Map input or by direct spectroscopy the giant seems to show a shift in luminosity periodically between late B and mid to late A spectral class, speaking volumes of the solar winds that rage through the system. The main star is accompanied by two other B-type stars, dancing an uneasy orbital dance with one of the two presumably being ejected due to the complicated gravitational (im)balance.
First discovery goes to Cmdr Heliosfcb
POI Type: Stellar Feature
System ref.: Cumbuia AA-A h10
Description: In less than a million years this 450 solar radii monster of a star has burned nearly all of its hydrogen and is now on the verge of changing into a red supergiant. It is already larger than the distance between Sol and its fourth planet, mars. Depending on the Galaxy Map input or by direct spectroscopy the giant seems to show a shift in luminosity periodically between late B and mid to late A spectral class, speaking volumes of the solar winds that rage through the system. The main star is accompanied by two other B-type stars, dancing an uneasy orbital dance with one of the two presumably being ejected due to the complicated gravitational (im)balance.
First discovery goes to Cmdr Heliosfcb
POI Type: Planetary view
System ref.: Byoi Ain JW-M d7-1445 - Planet A 1 a
Cerberus' Den
A small metallic rich moon just over 20LS away from its class F star. Covered in silicate vapour geysers and on the horizon looms a scorched planet making this moon surely the gateway to hell.
Radius: 1104km
Gravity 0.30G
Orb. Period: 0.2d
Tidally locked
System ref.: Byoi Ain JW-M d7-1445 - Planet A 1 a
Cerberus' Den
A small metallic rich moon just over 20LS away from its class F star. Covered in silicate vapour geysers and on the horizon looms a scorched planet making this moon surely the gateway to hell.
Radius: 1104km
Gravity 0.30G
Orb. Period: 0.2d
Tidally locked
Quantum Sea
POI Type: Black Hole
System ref.: Smoorea FG-Y g4
Description: The name "Quantum Sea" was given to this system during a dedicated survey of the "Ishtar Lands" in January 3305. The system is more than ten billion years old and holds two black holes in its dark core. Among other bodies these black holes are orbited by two neutron stars, shooting their active jets into deep space. There are a number of other gravitationally bound stellar objects near, including two ringed brown dwarfs. It is amazing to find so much material so close to these star eaters and the reasons have not yet been fully understood.
POI Type: Black Hole
System ref.: Smoorea FG-Y g4
Description: The name "Quantum Sea" was given to this system during a dedicated survey of the "Ishtar Lands" in January 3305. The system is more than ten billion years old and holds two black holes in its dark core. Among other bodies these black holes are orbited by two neutron stars, shooting their active jets into deep space. There are a number of other gravitationally bound stellar objects near, including two ringed brown dwarfs. It is amazing to find so much material so close to these star eaters and the reasons have not yet been fully understood.
The Bled Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System reference: BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1971
Description: This beautiful planetary nebula lies just 150 ly form another planetary nebula. In it lies a lonely neutron star with a single high-metal planet. The beautiful deep blue nebula gets it's name after the deep blue Slovenian lake Bled. Just 135 ly away, in BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1614 lies another unmapped nebula, named after another deep blue Slovenian lake, the Bohinj nebula. Much like the Slovenian lakes they are named after, these two nebulae form sister-nebulae.
This system was originally mapped for EDSM by Madrigor.
IMGUR Pictures.
EDSM Entry.
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System reference: BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1971
Description: This beautiful planetary nebula lies just 150 ly form another planetary nebula. In it lies a lonely neutron star with a single high-metal planet. The beautiful deep blue nebula gets it's name after the deep blue Slovenian lake Bled. Just 135 ly away, in BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1614 lies another unmapped nebula, named after another deep blue Slovenian lake, the Bohinj nebula. Much like the Slovenian lakes they are named after, these two nebulae form sister-nebulae.
This system was originally mapped for EDSM by Madrigor.
IMGUR Pictures.
EDSM Entry.
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Dark Waters
System ref: Boewnst EF-S c19-77 A 2
Description: A completely uniform black (or very dark blue), water world with brown and white rings. Orbiting a ringed gas giant (seen very small in the upper right of the first linked image.
Screenshot reference: https://imgur.com/a/1nU8g9u
https://imgur.com/a/rOSADl1
System ref: Boewnst EF-S c19-77 A 2
Description: A completely uniform black (or very dark blue), water world with brown and white rings. Orbiting a ringed gas giant (seen very small in the upper right of the first linked image.
Screenshot reference: https://imgur.com/a/1nU8g9u
https://imgur.com/a/rOSADl1
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The Bohinj Nebula
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System reference: Byoi Ain GR-N e6-1614
Description: This beautiful planetary nebula lies just 150 ly form another planetary nebula. Unlike its sister nebula, this nebula is a quartary star system with a very energetic neturon star in the centre. Like it's sister nebula, this beautiful deep blue nebula gets it's name after the deep blue Slovenian lake Bohinj. Just 135 ly away, in BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1971 lies another planetary nebula, named after another deep blue Slovenian lake, the Bled nebula. Much like the Slovenian lakes they are named after, these two nebulas form sister-nebulae.
This system was originally mapped for EDSM by Madrigor.
Imgur images.
EDSM entry.
POI Type: Planetary Nebula
System reference: Byoi Ain GR-N e6-1614
Description: This beautiful planetary nebula lies just 150 ly form another planetary nebula. Unlike its sister nebula, this nebula is a quartary star system with a very energetic neturon star in the centre. Like it's sister nebula, this beautiful deep blue nebula gets it's name after the deep blue Slovenian lake Bohinj. Just 135 ly away, in BYOI AIN GR-N E6-1971 lies another planetary nebula, named after another deep blue Slovenian lake, the Bled nebula. Much like the Slovenian lakes they are named after, these two nebulas form sister-nebulae.
This system was originally mapped for EDSM by Madrigor.
Imgur images.
EDSM entry.
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Phiaanor Nebula
Here's a screenshot of the Phiaanor Nebula (Dryao Aoscs FW-W e1-5865) which is missing (and requested)
Here's a screenshot of the Phiaanor Nebula (Dryao Aoscs FW-W e1-5865) which is missing (and requested)
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CMDR Lagamemnon here with a Planetary POI submission. I know we've all just left WP5 for WP6, but if you're still in the region or yet to arrive and are interested in a side trip (this is on the way from WP4 to WP5).
I had initially hoped this might be some pale form of GGG, but checked the Codex and it wasn't.
| Name: | Mint Chocolate Chip Giant with Invisible Rings |
| Game map search ref: | BLAA PHOE GF-C D14-3035 5 |
| Description: | Very pretty pale green gas giant with brown markings reminiscent of a scoop mint chocolate chip ice cream. NOTE: Has almost invisible rings as well, fly carefully near it. These make it truly a rare sight (if you could see them)! You can also make some very nice pictures from the moons. |
| Screenshot reference: | https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1659295353 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1659294086 I have a resized copy but Steam doesn't seem to want to allow me to upload it. |
I had initially hoped this might be some pale form of GGG, but checked the Codex and it wasn't.
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Name: Four Forlorn Families
Game map search ref: Leamiae AA-A h311
Description: These four pairs of enormous gas giants (some with children), orbit a tight triple black hole center. Each pair orbit one another at ~1ls, with the children 1-4ls away. These families are dimly lit by a distant M7 VA star, that is separated from them by a fourth black hole.
Screenshot reference: System overview and Giants ABC 1-3
PS: I wish I could write some mythical lore about these families being lost in the darkness, searching for the light that has left them, but I'm not creative enough to really flesh that idea out. If anyone comes up with an interesting tale, I'd be delighted to read it.
Game map search ref: Leamiae AA-A h311
Description: These four pairs of enormous gas giants (some with children), orbit a tight triple black hole center. Each pair orbit one another at ~1ls, with the children 1-4ls away. These families are dimly lit by a distant M7 VA star, that is separated from them by a fourth black hole.
Screenshot reference: System overview and Giants ABC 1-3
PS: I wish I could write some mythical lore about these families being lost in the darkness, searching for the light that has left them, but I'm not creative enough to really flesh that idea out. If anyone comes up with an interesting tale, I'd be delighted to read it.
I noticed here in EDSM that Phiaanor has no image and to reply to this thread.
Please consider this submission.
Please consider this submission.
Submitting image for EDSM - the Neutron Nebula (picture taken in Dryaa Pruae CA-Q C5-53, 29.5 LY out from Neutron Nebula). https://www.edsm.net/en/galactic-mapping#9/-2229/0/20701|planetFeatures|239